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EMERGENCY ACTION: Tell Congress NOT to dismantle environmental protections for fossil fuel projects and data centers 🚨

The US Senate will vote TODAY on a “permitting reform” bill, deceptively named the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA).

The bill threatens our efforts to protect communities from the dangers of plastic pollution, undoing more than five decades of precedent and freezing critical federal regulations at the worst possible moment.

Call (202-224-3121) or email (bit.ly/BAAJA) both of your U.S. Senators ASAP. Also call Senator Schumer at (202) 224-6542. Tell them:

“I urge you to oppose the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), S. 5653. We don’t want permitting reform at the expense of environmental protections. Don’t weaken safeguards for environmental justice communities. Protect Tribal sovereignty, strong environmental review, and our democratic right to challenge harmful projects.”

#schumer #jeffries #election #BAAJA

EMERGENCY ACTION: Tell Congress NOT to dismantle environmental protections for fossil fuel projects and data centers 🚨

The US Senate will vote this Monday, November 9th, on a “permitting reform” bill, deceptively named the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA).

The bill threatens our efforts to protect communities from the dangers of plastic pollution, undoing more than five decades of precedent and freezing critical federal regulations at the worst possible moment.

Call (202-224-3121) or email (bit.ly/BAAJA) both of your U.S. Senators before this Monday, November 9. Tell them:

“I urge you to oppose the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), S. 5653. We don’t want permitting reform at the expense of environmental protections. Don’t weaken safeguards for communities that are already being poisoned and taken advantage of by polluting industries. Protect Tribal sovereignty, strong environmental review, and our democratic right to challenge harmful projects.”

The Senate needs to go back to the drawing board and draft a responsible bill that promotes renewable energy and skips all the bad stuff. There is no reason to rush votes as early as Monday when a new Congress is right around the corner.

#schumer #jeffries #election

@SenSchumer @RepJeffries @foodandwater @riverkeeper @ThirdActOrg @storyofstuff @nrdc_org @earthjustice @NYPIRG

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Our free, two-hour Beyond Plastics Grassroots Advocacy Training gives you a foundation in how civic engagement works and how to advocate for change in your community. It also opens the door to the Beyond Plastics Network, where you can learn, exchange ideas, connect with others, and find support.

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#BeyondPlastics #GrassrootsAdvocacy #StopPlasticPollution

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Educating your community, engaging the public, promoting waste reduction and reuse programs, and building support for policy solutions all help move change forward.

A free, two-hour Beyond Plastics Grassroots Advocacy Training will help you understand where opportunities exist in your community and how to turn them into action.

Join us November 7, or 10, or 12. Connect with people across the country who are building the movement to stop plastic pollution.

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EMERGENCY BRIEFING ALERT 🚨

Later THIS WEEK, the US Senate is poised to consider the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," so-called permitting reform legislation that is a wish list for data center developers, the plastics and fossil fuel industry.

If passed, this bill will gut key environmental laws, strip communities of their ability to challenge flawed environmental reviews, and accelerate the buildout of fracked gas infrastructure—including reviving projects like the fracked gas pipelines. The bill also explicitly weakens Clean Water Act protections and fast-tracks approvals for massive, energy-intensive data centers.

Join us this Wednesday, November 4, from 7 - 8 pm ET to discuss the policy and the politics, including ways to take action and get involved.

Register: bit.ly/stop-dirty-ene…

@FWWNewYork @foodandwater @ThirdActOrg @riverkeeper @NRDC